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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Last summer when I launched this iteration of my site, I added the Marketplace. Up until now, it’s merely been a place for me to list WordPress themes, which are available for purchase at ThemeForest. My initial intent, was to sell add-ons for said themes which enhance or add functionality, and allow me to continue to invest time into existing themes. 10 months later, and after many failed attempts, I finally got my first add-on out the door.
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Shortly after the release of WordPress 2.9, I published my technique for bulletproof post thumbnails. Since then, it’s evolved yet simplified into a more robust solution, specifically for use in WordPress themes. The problem, was that each image uploaded was generating a new set of images in various sizes, on top of the three that WordPress creates by default. This resulted in 6 or 7 images, instead of just a handful. While this isn’t really a huge deal, it means you’re going to be using more space on your server, and the uploads directory will get a bit unruly.
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on an update for my video-centric WordPress theme, Wave. It’s a bit overdue, but every time I sit down with it, I end up packing something new in that will definitely please my customers and will hopefully justify the wait. Since WordPress 2.9 was recently released, I decided to look into the new Post Thumbnails functionality and see if I could make use of it in my themes. At this point, there isn’t much in the way of documentation, so I thought I would…
Friday, October 16th, 2009
It’s been nearly 5 months since my first theme, Black Aperture was released on ThemeForest. Sales have been fairly consistent even though the frequency at which I have been pushing themes out has dwindled. While I’ve only put out 1 theme since I was initially contracted to development 5 themes, I’ve continued to offer free support and have been releasing updates to my themes on a fairly regular basis. Feedback has been great, and I’m very pleased with this venture overall. Today I reached a huge milestone – 1000 sales, and I’d…
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
I’ve been running WordPress 2.7 since beta 1 on my local dev server, along with a recent client site which required threaded comments. Instead of going with Brian’s Threaded Comments plugin, which I’ve used a few times myself including my own blog, we made the decision to move forward with 2.7 despite it still being in beta. During my time spent in the new admin and learning the template changes that have occurred, I’m really happy with the progress made since 2.6 and feel that WP is truly moving in the right direction.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
When I made the jump back into freelance work in March of this year, I didn’t have much time to get my plan of attack in order. As a matter of fact, I pretty much just started taking on clients again without really giving it a second thought. I had only been out of the game for a year after all. But a lot can happen in a year when you’re talking technology and the internets. When I realized I was a sinking ship, I started to evaluate myself and how I conduct…
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
This is probably the single most frequently asked question that arrives in my inbox, or elsewhere. And for good reason, I suppose. Seeing how I’ve been building sites on top of WordPress exclusively for about 3 years now. There are many different routes you can take when building a theme, and I’ve pretty much streamlined my method over the past couple years. Granted, there are always exceptions and I’ve found that I can’t work from a base template. Instead, I build “themes†from the ground-up, but with a little help. Here’s how…
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Shortly after making my return to freelance web design, a familiar name appeared in my inbox. Not someone I knew personally, but someone I knew of. It seemed Chris Pirillo was in need of a redesign and had been pointed in my direction. When I got talking to Chris about what he was after, I quickly began to get excited, as a redesign was just the tip of the iceberg. Chris had this idea – a social media theme that would allow you to easily integrate the social networks you use on a…
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
This is definitely not news for those following me on Twitter, as I’ve been dropping hints over the past couple weeks and finally came right out and said it a few nights ago. But for everyone else, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve journeyed back to the land of freelance web design and I have no intentions on leaving.
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
I’ve seen a ton of chatter over the past few months about Twitter and the majority of it is of the WTF variety. Believe me, I was there too! For the longest time, I really didn’t see the point of getting updates as people go through their daily routines. But after much sitting a-top the fence, I jumped off and am now 484 updates strong. As much as it actually is neat following the lives of those that you may or may not know outside of the interslice, it has other advantages that…
